PANERAI Five Best
Since the 1940s, the Florentine watchmaker has been using the Angelus calibres with a power reserve of eight days for the watches supplied to the Italian Navy: for its commandos had to be able to count on an instrument with reliable timekeeping which would not be subject to wear or leaking as a result of frequent rewinding. The legacy continues–a long power reserve, a requirement which has been part of the brand’s identity, writes Hiren Kumar Bose.
Panerai Special Edition 2004 Black Seal Compass
A really big watch, considering its 61 mm diameter and 28.50 mm thick titanium case sporting a black dial. The dial has luminous Arabic Numeral markers. Its rotatable bi-directional bezel is in titanium with 144 engraved divisions, each of 2,5° & 0-360 grades scale. The luminous lubber line is integrated in the Plexiglas, and the liquid contained inside the capsule is petroleum-based. The watch comes with an additional synthetic material water-resistant strap for professional use.
Panerai Luminor Marina 1950 3 Days Manual Wind
A watch that comes in a 47 mm X 47 mm polished finished stainless steel case and bezel, it features a black dial with engraved luminous Arabic Numeral and index hour markers. The dial has polished rose gold coloured hands with luminous fill. The small seconds sub-dial located at the 9 o’clock position with luminous 15 seconds markers. The watch comes fitted with a brown/beige coloured calfskin strap with a fine soft felt finish, fitted with a brushed finished steel pin style buckle. Composed of 207 parts, it contains 21 jewels and has an approximate power reserve of 72 hours.
Panerai Radiomir 42mm
The 42 mm X 42 mm polished cushion-shaped watch 18-ct Rose Gold case features a matte brown dial with engraved and luminescent filled index and Arabic numeral hour markers, while the polished rose gold hands come with luminous fill. Fitted with a beautiful hand-sewn brown alligator leather strap with contrasting white stitching, the watch features a Panerai Caliber P.999 movement, completely manufactured in-house by Panerai. Composed of 154 parts, it contains 19 jewels and has an approximate power reserve of 60 hours.
Panerai Luminor 1950 8 Days GMT Monopulsante Chrono
The watch’s 47 mm X 47 mm fine brushed steel case with a polished steel bezel and case back, featuring a flat black dial with recessed luminous hour markers. The dial has the black hands with luminous filled centre and the luminous arrow-headed hour hand for an additional second/GMT Time Zone. The small seconds sub-dial is located at the 9 o’clock position, with an additional opening that indicates when the GMT is in AM or PM mode.The button starts, stops and resets the chronograph. The “Sing-Button chronograph” is located on the case edge at the 8 o’clock position. Composed of 321 components with 29 jewels, it has an amazing 8 day Power Reserve
Panerai Radiomir 1940 3 Days Oro Rosso
The 42 mm watch (reference PAM 575 & 574) is home to the P.1000 calibre with a diameter of just 26.8 mm and a thickness of 3.85 mm. The watch has the system for stopping the balance which operates in conjunction with the device for zeroing the seconds hand: when the winding crown is pulled out, the balance wheel stops and the seconds hand, rotating in the classic subsidiary dial at 9 o’clock, is moved back to zero, so that the watch can be synchronised exactly with the reference time signal. The case, water-resistant to a depth of about 100m, is in polished AISI 316L stainless steel version and to about 50m in the gold version. The latter is made of 5NPT red gold, the special gold alloy used by Panerai, which has a high percentage of copper, as well as a small amount of platinum which helps to prevent the precious metal oxidising. The dial has the sandwich structure invented at the end of the 1930s to maximise the visibility and legibility of the markings: two superimposed discs contain the luminous substance which shines through the holes in the upper one, which correspond to the dial markings. In the steel model the alligator strap is coordinated with the light green of the Super-LumiNova®, while the model in red gold is supplied with an alligator strap. As is evident from its name the watch has power reserve of 3 days.
We love the five watches discussed above still we thought of including one more to the list.
Panerai Luminor Submersible 1950 Carbotech 3days
In this 47 mm watch its two variants of EOT (Equation of Time) and the use of new ultra strong and ultra light material, called Carbotech, Panerai created lot of excitement at its launch in 2015.The Maison had to bind the long thin sheets of carbon fibres under high pressure and temperatures using a high-end polymer called PEEK. The result: a very strong and durable watch case with unique characteristics and appearance. A new composite material, Carbotech has never been used in watchmaking before. Composed of 197 parts it has the P.9000 calibre, executed entirely in-house. The watch is water resistant up to 300 m.
